Hans Schack, Count of Schackenborg (14 January 1734 – 21 August 1796) was a Danish

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and

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( da, lensgreve). He was the fourth holder of the

County of Schackenborg The County of Schackenborg was a Danish and for a period German majorat in the southern part of Jutland, which existed from 1676 to 1924. History The County of Schackenborg was established on 23 June 1676 by King Christian V of Denmark for Ot ...

from 1741 to 1796.

Biography

Hans Schack was born on 14 January 1734 at

Schackenborg Castle Schackenborg Castle ( da, Schackenborg Slot, ) is a château located in Møgeltønder, Southern Jutland. From 1993 until 2014, it was the private residence of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the second son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. History Ori ...

Møgeltønder Møgeltønder () is a small town in Denmark, located in Møgeltønder Parish and Tønder Municipality in the southwestern corner of the Danish peninsula of Jutland 5 kilometres north of the Danish-German border and 4 kilometres west of Tønder. ...

in the

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. Born into the

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of Schack, he was the fifth child and eldest surviving son of the Danish

and

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Otto Didrik Schack, and his wife Anna Ernestine Frederikke Vilhelmine Gabel .Danmarks Adels Aarbog, 1932
p. 66. At the early death of his father on 11 July 1741, he inherited the

and assumed the title of

. Count Schack died on 21 August 1796, aged 62, at

. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Otto Didrik Schack.

Family

Schack married firstly on 7 January 1757 at

Christiansborg Palace Chapel Christiansborg Palace ( da, Christiansborg Slot; ) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament ('), the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme ...

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Ulrikke Augusta Vilhelmine Moltke, daughter of

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and

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Adam Gottlob Moltke Count Adam Gottlob von Moltke (10 November 171025 September 1792) was a Danish courtier, statesman and diplomat, and Favourite of Frederick V of Denmark. Moltke was born at Riesenhof in Mecklenburg. His son, Joachim Godske Moltke, and his gran ...

and Christiane Frederikke von Brüggemann, by whom he had four children. She died on 7 April 1763 in Copenhagen. * Otto Didrik Schack, who succeeded him as 5th Count of Schackenborg. * Countess Frederikke Juliane Schack (1762–1815) * Countess Anne Ernestine Schack (1762–1763) * Countess Adamine Frederikke Schack (1763–1825) Schack married secondly on 7 October 1763 at Lohma in the

Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Altenburg (german: Sachsen-Altenburg, links=no) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometer ...

Caroline Louise Sophie von Moltke, daughter of Joachim Christoph von Moltke and Sophia Albertina von Wolzogen), by whom he had four children. She died on 12 September 1794. * Countess Caroline Mathilde Juliane Schack (1768–1775) * stillborn son (1770) * Countess Sophie Albertine Ernestine Schack (1772–1774) * stillborn son (1775)

Notes and references

Bibliography

External links

Official website of Schackenborg Castle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schack, Hans, 4th Count Of Schackenborg 1735 births 1796 deaths 18th-century Danish people People from Tønder Municipality Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Counts of Denmark